Job prospects Lawn And Garden Supplies Salesperson - Retail in Yukon

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Job opportunities in Yukon

The recent trends from the past 3 years were updated on July 25, 2025. The job outlooks over the next 3 years were updated on December 10, 2025.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be Good for retail salespersons and visual merchandisers (NOC 64100) in Yukon for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment decline will lead to the loss of some positions.
• Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

• Most opportunities in this occupation are in the Whitehorse area.
• Retail sales are expected to increase moderately between two and three percent annually over the forecast period, 2025-2027 (Conference Board of Canada, 2025)--the lowest annual retail sales growth of the three territories.
• The Government of Yukon expects that there will be an additional 60 vacancies for retail salespersons and non-technical wholesale trade sales and account representatives in the Yukon in 2025 or 2026 (Government of Yukon, 2025).

Here are some key facts about retail salespersons and visual merchandisers in Yukon:

• Approximately 650 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Retail salespersons and visual merchandisers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Wholesale and Retail Trade (NAICS 41, 44-45): 88%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 64% compared to 84% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 36% compared to 16% for all occupations
• 57% of retail salespersons and visual merchandisers work all year, while 42% work only part of the year, compared to 65% and 35% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 43 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
• 6% of retail salespersons and visual merchandisers are self-employed compared to an average of 14% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 46% compared to 49% for all occupations
  • Women: 54% compared to 51% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 23% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 39% compared to 25% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 9% compared to 13% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 17% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 10% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 11% for all occupations

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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